Traditional disembodiment of effigies is common particularly in light of protests and celebrations. Yet ahead of the release of The Simpsons Movie, hitting theaters Friday, the bodies of America’s favorite family of television deviants have become cult collectors’ items.
From the ’burbs of Henderson to Rockville, Maryland, life-size figurines of the Simpsons on their legendary sofa inside theaters have been the subject of morbid disfigurements, including Homer’s arms being broken off and Maggie’s sucker being stolen, among other things. But what one must ask is, What the hell is one going to do with a life-size, four-fingered yellow arm?